Newark Police captured several suspects who they believe committed more than a dozen violent offenses during the month of December.Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger

NEWARK — A 22-year-old West Orange man was killed and another man was wounded in a spray of gunfire early this morning in Newark, according to a joint statement from Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Newark Police Director Samuel DeMaio.

Authorities said Raymar Lecky was gunned down near Sanford and Lanark avenues and was pronounced dead at the scene at approximately 3:18 a.m.

The other victim, an unidentified 26-year-old man, was also shot but survived and is in stable condition at a nearby hospital.

The end of 2012 in Newark has erupted in gun violence — with a 24-hour shooting spree that ended Friday, injuring at least six people — including the shooting death of Ahmad Jackson, 20, of Newark, Thursday afternoon in the West Ward. Officials said that shooting was a targeted incident.

No arrests have been made in connection with Lecky's shooter at this time and authorities are actively investigating the incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office tips line at 1-877-847-7432.